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People do the darnest things. I'm thinking now of the boyfriend who called this in. The woman on the crapper most definitely had some mental depression or mental aberration going on. But the boyfriend? I wonder what caused him to call when he did....the tiny little clock ticking in his brain...for days, into weeks, into months...tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, call.

Sidenote: The planet Mercury may be in trouble, folks. Seems like scientist found two different types of craters that they are scratching their heads about. But the potential threat is that they also spotted something shiny. You know how people get about shiny things.

I would say we have a case of two people that are not totally (mentally) stable. I'm sure there is a lot more to the story. In any case, that would put a new meaning to having a toilet ring on you butt.

It's very sad, but at least she may now be able to get the mental help she needs. I guess she started off just confining herself to the bathroom, and at some point limited that to just the toilet. I wonder how long it takes for your skin to physically meld with the plastic of a toilet seat? Her legs had atrophied from sitting, so she must have been on that seat for months and months without moving.

"I wonder how they celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas? July 4th I can understand. The fireworks were of a different sort though. " quote....................................Yes, it makes one wonder...... if she was stuck to the seat she couldnt wipe herself ......u know!!!!!!!

NESS CITY, Kan. (May 19) - A man whose girlfriend authorities say spent nearly two years in a bathroom in their house, sitting on the toilet so long that the seat adhered her body, has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.

Kory McFarren, 36, was charged Monday in Ness County District Court.

McFarren called the Ness County Sheriff's Office in late February to say something was wrong with his girlfriend. When authorities arrived at the home, they found Pam Babcock, 35, stuck to the toilet, which they think she had sat on for about a month.

McFarren told authorities that Babcock feared leaving the bathroom and may not have left it in two years, although said he was unsure how long she was in there. He said that he took her food and water daily, and that he repeatedly asked her to come out but that she usually replied "maybe tomorrow."

"The only thing I am guilty of is I didn't get her help sooner," McFarren told The Associated Press nearly a week ago.

Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said the mistreatment charge most closely fit the situation.